Zelenskiy holds flurry of bilateral meetings at UN to shore up support for Ukraine
KYIV - Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who is in New York for the meeting of world officials at the United Nations, held talks...
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Jun 181 min read
Actor Theo James named UNHCR global goodwill ambassador
LONDON - The United Nations refugee agency named British actor Theo James as a global goodwill ambassador on Monday. James, who acted in...
Jun 112 min read
Amnesty International says Nigerian army detains girls who escape from Boko Haram
ABUJA - Amnesty International on Monday accused the Nigerian army of illegally detaining girls and young women who have escaped from...
May 302 min read
Rescue teams don't expect to find survivors in Papua New Guinea landslide
SYDNEY - Papua New Guinea ruled out finding survivors under the rubble of a massive landslide on Thursday, with the exact nuber of dead...
May 192 min read
Hundreds of Tunisian president's supporters protest against 'foreign interference'
TUNIS - Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in support of President Kais Saied amid widespread criticism at home and...
May 133 min read
Factbox-Key issues for South African voters in wide open 2024 election
JOHANNESBURG - South Africans will vote in a national election on May 29 with an unprecedented sense of uncertainty about the outcome,...
Apr 302 min read
Exclusive-UN experts say North Korea missile landed in Ukraine's Kharkiv
UNITED NATIONS - The debris from a missile that landed in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Jan. 2 was from a North Korean Hwasong-11...
Apr 242 min read
US Congress approves $61 billion in aid for Ukraine
Washington, April 24 - The US Congress has approved a $61-billion aid package for Ukraine after months of stalling. The US Senate on...
Apr 243 min read
Negotiations on global plastics treaty opens in Ottawa
Ottawa, April 24 - The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding...
Apr 144 min read
Sudan's uprooted millions pay price for year-long war
CAIRO/PORT SUDAN - After fleeing from the war in Sudan to Egypt, Mohamed Ismail says his ambitions are limited to putting food in the...
Apr 145 min read
World leaders Reaction to Iran's drone, missile attack on Israel
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said it launched dozens of drones and missiles at Israel on Saturday, in an attack that could...
Apr 73 min read
Explainer-Why did Ecuador raid Mexico's Quito embassy?
Mexico abruptly suspended bilateral relations with Ecuador in an escalating diplomatic dispute, after Ecuador's police forced their way...
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